A new payment system that would reward hospitals based on the quality of care they deliver would apparently shock hospital board leaders. According to a report on the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog, a new Health Affairs survey finds virtually all board chairmen believe their hospital is at least average:

Ninety-nine percent of hospital board chairmen think their hospital fares at least as well as a typical hospital on standard quality measures. Among the chairmen of hospitals that perform worst, 100% say their hospital performs at least as well as a typical hospital.

With this kind of leadership, it’s no wonder the quality of hospital care in America is so unreliable.